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Kermit just keeps saying the same irrelivant things over and over and over and over and over; no matter how much relivant info is posted by others. It's amazing...the more he talks the more stupid he makes him self look...by time his post count gets to 2000; the only 3 words in his vocabulary will be Zetec, faster, money.

This is embarrasing. I will just say this, take a ride in a modded Zetec Contour you Duratec owners, you might be pleasantly surprised. I have surprised many Duratec owners and car tuners in general with my car. It is a fun little engine. Just needs to "wakened"

Just a question...how many Modded Zetec Contours are as fast or faster than a STOCK SVT in a quarter mile???

1...sleeper
2...?
3...?
4...?

Get your name on the list then start making arguments...


And for the record...my daily driver is a MTX Zetec and it IS faster than my wife's ATX Duratec (not by much though).

who cares these cars suck and they arent worth [censored] so it doesnt matter , thats why mine is back to stock again cuz it aint worth it, i have better [censored] to spend money on

This is great stuff!!
Most entertaining thread this month..
One zetec Contour hits the 14's with a "bag-o-nitrous" and you would think they set the land speed record! This tread NEEDS to continue at club Si...

Kremit...you win..despite have non of the "traditional" virtues of a high-po engine (strong internals, big valves, good head design, nice cam profiles) the engine (almost as if by God's own hand)has been PROVEN (by virtue of some pic with a subtitle) to have more POTENTIAL (whatever that means)that virtually any engine on the planet, certainly including the Duratec.

"get that POS Supra motor out of my car I want a zetec!"

"built by men..tuned by God"..

However, any SVT that looses to a non gutted, N/A zetec Contour left his handbrake on..

Originally posted by Blackie:

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Just a question...how many Modded Zetec Contours are as fast or faster than a STOCK SVT in a quarter mile???

1...sleeper
2...D Davis - NOT!!!!!!
3...?
4...?

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I agree with Hector, this is and has been an embarrassing thread to read (though extremely entertaining). I know some of you Zetec guys are very gung-ho and that's a good thing. But please realize that setting an SVT in your sights takes more than referencing what other people have done with the engine. You don't see Madmole on here slapping his dyno results in everyone's face, do you?

It boils down to this:
Zetec = not as fast as a Duratec/SVT
Duratec/SVT = faster than a Zetec

Now, you can argue 24/7 about what could be done to make your Zetec faster or you can get out under the car and make your car faster. I agree the potential is definitely there. The engine's strong point is that it's solid (except the rods - DOH!) and can take quite a bit of beefing up.

The Duratec is amazing in its own right simply because it's such a small-displacement V6 that's managed to be quite a contender in its time. There are 4-bangers with almost as much displacement.

Someone said it earlier; we're all Contique enthusiasts, NOW HUG AND STFU!!!

Originally posted by D Davis:

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Someone said it earlier; we're all Contique enthusiasts, NOW HUG AND STFU!!!

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nice!

never did i say a stock zetec was stronger or faster than a duratec, never did i say it won't cost money to mod it. but some duratecs owners on here have said it's not worth modding and blatantly claim that a duratec engine is better for modding,etc. i proved my point that a zetec is just as good if not better. (more modded n/a power than duratecs can obtain and a zetec with less than $1000 worth of mods is beating modded svt times, and the car still cost much less than a svt), i'm modding my zetec and not a duratec, when it's all done it's gonna be fast, deal with it.

Kremit, until YOUR car is heavily modded I don't think yo should be on here telling CDW-27 tuners that they don't know what they are talking about. I'm not here to assist in anyone's argument or to look on the CEG tomorrow just to see that you have bashed me for this post. The bottom line is that ANYONE can install a Nitrous system! I do commend Sleeper on his good runs, but what do you have to do with him running good? Are you his coach or something? People like Demon, CB99SVT, and myself have all put down among the best #'s/times for the 2.5 Duratec in our SVT's. We all take pride in our rides, but saying one is better or money has no place in an argument is just BS! Money has everything to do with it. Some of us have indeed spent more than others, but that does not make our engine's any less or more inferior than another. All engines are pretty darn awesome in my book, think about it. In my opinion[flamesuit on]the Duratec is a more desirable, higher potential engine. If the Zetec was a better candidate, SVT/Ford would have gladly chosen it for the high performance CDW-27. The SVT Focus is a bunch a Marketing BS, it's slow! I recently had an encounter(rolling)with one, not a chance in hell could he even keep up with me. He did have minor mods installed(according to him), but didn't understand how he had gotten smacked around by a four door family car. You guys take care out there, and remember.....To each his own!